Achel 8 Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij De Achelse Kluis
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Hamont-Achel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pale yellow color with 2 fingers white head. Aroma of straw, floral, green apple, white wine. Taste is light sweet, light sour and a bit bitter and dry at the end, fruity flavor. Light to medium body, creamy texture, lively carbonation. Good beer

Bottle 330ml. Pours blond with extremely huge creamy white head. Intense carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma is of malt, yeast, mineral stuff. Taste is of malt, yeast, fruits, bitterness, metal, alcohol, sweet. Palate: Medium body. Overall: Good, a bit metallic.

330 ml bottle. Pours deep golden with massive white head. Aroma malty and sweet, green apples, solvent, alcohol and marshmallows. Taste is malty, grapes, banana, yeast and alcohol with a long nice finish.

Bottle. Clear gold pour with extreme rocky, frothy white head that keeps rising in the glass. Nice sweet grainy aroma, herbal, grassy hop notes, very subtle belgian yeast profile, almost no spice. Grassy, bready flavor, a bit yeastier than aroma-wise but not much, very clean. Rich but drinkable palate, only slightly over carbed. Tasty belgian pale strong.

Blonde dorée, mousse crémeuse, jolie pétillance. Amertume moyenne, bel équilibre malt-houblon, légèrement fruitée (bananes, pêches), un peu de caramel, longue en bouche.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Clear golden coloured brew with an good citrus fruit taste and hints of peaches. This is an monastary kind of Duvel.

Aroma: Cheese, citrus, yeast Appearance: Gold, clear, fizzy, yeasty foam Taste: Sweetish, fruity, light bitter, kinda cheese aftertaste.

Pours a light golden orange. Nice aromas of light malt, peach, herbs, spices. More citrus in the mouth, more peach, spice, nice light malt. This is an excellent blond. Great focus, nice concentration and intensity.

Pours a nice and clear golden with a out of control foam for a head. Aroma is fruits mixed with cloves (or some other generic spice). Taste is sweet but not cloying with a bitterness that goes largely unnoticed. Flavors of banana and again cloves and some other phenolics are to be found. Overall a good belgian ale!

Hazy golden color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of yeast, fruit, clove, some bananas, & hops; Flavor of sweet malt, yeast, fruit, spice, citrus, and hops; Nicely balanced & complex; Solid.